Re: Sorting output from PIPE REXXVARS TOLOAD for dumping a stem variable
On Mon, 05 May 2008 22:54:23 -0700, Rob van der Heij wrote: What you do is you add an extra field to the record to sort them on, and then drop that extra field again. Like this: spec ws = fs . substr f2 of w1 1.10 r 1-* n | sort 1.10 | substr 11-* Thanks Rob, Is SUBSTR something I need to get from somewhere else? FPLSCB027E Entry point SUBSTR not found FPLSCA003I ... Issued from stage 12 of pipeline 1 FPLSCA001I ... Running SUBSTR 11-* 148 *-*'PIPE REXXVARS' , '|BUFFER' ,/* Get all input records now */ '|DROP 1' ,/* Discard first line */ '|CHANGE 1.2 /v /=/' ,/* */ '|JOIN 1' ,/* Combine varname with value */ '|LOCATE 1.2 /n /',/* Only lines with var=value */ '|CHANGE 1.2 /n //' ,/* */ '|CASEI LOCATE /'varname'/' ,/* Only lines with our varname*/ '|CASEI NLOCATE /VARNAME=/' ,/* But not with this string */ '|SPEC WS = FS . SUBSTR F2 OF W1 1.10 R 1-* N' , '|SORT 1.10' , '|SUBSTR 11-*' , '|CONSOLE' /* Output to the terminal */ +++ RC(-27) +++ Regards, Fred Schmidt Department of Corporate and Information Services (DCIS) Data Centre Services (DCS) Northern Territory Government, Australia
Re: Sorting output from PIPE REXXVARS TOLOAD for dumping a stem variable
On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 8:52 AM, Fred Schmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ah, I got it to work by changing... spec ws = fs . substr f2 of w1 1.10 r 1-* n | sort 1.10 | substr 11-* Right. The substr stage is fairly new. It's a bit cheaper than a full spec stage. A popular alternative in this case would be not chop 10 to remove the first 10 byte. Rob
Re: VM TCP/IP Secure Telnet
On Monday, 05/05/2008 at 10:35 EDT, Tim Joyce [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Am I to infer from this that Secure telnet is not available with our current 5.2 release level? Is anyone using secure telnet out there that can point me in the right direction? In z/VM 5.2 you can use SSL with FTP and TN3270, or any other protocol, provided your client supports the model of Establish the SSL tunnel first and the flow the protocol over it (a la https). We call that static or transparent SSL. In z/VM 5.3 you do those same things, but you can also use clients that negotiate the use of SSL over the traditionally unsecured port. Further, you can add SMTP and client-side (CMS) FTP and TELNET command support to the list. IBM Personal Communications 5.9 is an example of a TN3270 client that supports both kinds of secure telnet. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott
Re: My 45th Anniversary at SRU
Congratulations on an amazing career Fran. Fran Hensler wrote: This is cross-posted to VSE-L and IBMVM-L. Today is my 45th anniversary in data processing at Slippery Rock University of PA. On May 6, 1963 I founded the Data Processing Center at the then Slippery Rock State College. The center consisted of one half-time key punch operator and me. My mission was to automate student registration by the fall semester and have class lists in the hands of faculty before the first class meeting. We had an arena style registration for 1996 students in three days. The class lists were produced after working 27 straight hours. We had Series 50 (half speed) IBM punched card tabulating equipment: One 024 keypunch, a 548 interpreter, 082 sorter, 085 collator, 514 reproducing punch and a 402 accounting machine that could print 50 lines per minute. The 402 could only add and subtract. Later we acquired a 604 calculator that could divide and therefore calculate QPA. All of these machines were programmed by wiring plugboards. In 1968 we installed an IBM System/360 Model 30 computer with 32K core memory and 14.5M of 2311 disk storage running DOS/360 Release 17. Now the 7.5 hour job of sorting course cards took 10 minutes! Six model 2260 terminals were purchased in 1972 and I designed an on-line student registration system (using FASTER, a forerunner of CICS) that is still in use today, under the covers, in the RockTalk system whereby students can register via telephone or on the web. For the first on-line registration that fall, all six terminals were setup in the Student Union. It took 3 days to register 5897 students. Students had to punch their programming assignments into cards until 1975 when I implemented IJS (Interactive Job Submission) to allow input and printing via DECwriters at a speed of 110 baud and eventually 300 baud. In 1985 SRU acquired an IBM 4361 computer with 12M main memory. I tailored the VM/SP Operating System Release 3 for student use of WATFIV, WATBOL, Pascal, C, Lisp, SPSS, ADA, Basic, Spitbol and Assist and two years later, Modula-2. The 1990 connection to BITNET brought email and file transfer capabilities with other universities. 1992 saw the acquisition of an IBM 9221-170 computer with 96M of main memory and SRU was finally able to connect to the Internet. Since 2003 VSE and VM are running on an 18-MIPS FLEX-ES system. I have enjoyed being a programmer, systems analyst and most of all a systems programmer. I have been honored by receiving the SRU President's Award for Outstanding Service in 1994 and being inducted into the Order of Knights of VM as Sir Fran of the Rock in 2007. I would like to hear from anyone who has had a career with a single employer running more than 45 years. /Fran Hensler at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1.724.738.2153 Yes, Virginia, there is a Slippery Rock -- Rich Smrcina VM Assist, Inc. Phone: 414-491-6001 Ans Service: 360-715-2467 rich.smrcina at vmassist.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/richsmrcina Catch the WAVV! http://www.wavv.org WAVV 2009 - Orlando, FL - May 15-19, 2009
Re: SFS
Routing DFSMS to some other filepool that VMSYS is very very easy: If you know how, or why it should be this way. I do, you do -- most people haven't got any idea to even think of trying this. Lying to APPC to work around a hardcoded file reference like this is just ugly. I also don't necessarily want ALL the DFSMS code there, I want the stuff I need to *customize* to tell it who it is and what it should do in the user filepool where it can't get clobbered. This hack forces all the SFS references to VMSYS:DFSMS. within that virtual machine to go there too; not necessarily what I want.
Re: VM TCP/IP Secure Telnet
If your site runs port scans against your z/VM 5.2 SSLSERV, you might get notes from the network people saying you are running an old 2.0 version of SSL. Ray Mrohs -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 4:26 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: VM TCP/IP Secure Telnet On Monday, 05/05/2008 at 10:35 EDT, Tim Joyce [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Am I to infer from this that Secure telnet is not available with our current 5.2 release level? Is anyone using secure telnet out there that can point me in the right direction? In z/VM 5.2 you can use SSL with FTP and TN3270, or any other protocol, provided your client supports the model of Establish the SSL tunnel first and the flow the protocol over it (a la https). We call that static or transparent SSL. In z/VM 5.3 you do those same things, but you can also use clients that negotiate the use of SSL over the traditionally unsecured port. Further, you can add SMTP and client-side (CMS) FTP and TELNET command support to the list. IBM Personal Communications 5.9 is an example of a TN3270 client that supports both kinds of secure telnet. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott
Re: SFS
On Tuesday, 05/06/2008 at 08:01 EDT, David Boyes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Routing DFSMS to some other filepool that VMSYS is very very easy: If you know how, or why it should be this way. I do, you do -- most people haven't got any idea to even think of trying this. Lying to APPC to work around a hardcoded file reference like this is just ugly. It's not a lie, David. In fact, on other platforms you MUST provide a side file to provide the metadata APPC needs. Because VM implements a cluster of virtual machines as well as a cluster of VM instances (APPC Collection), we can take liberties with default metadata. :nick.tpn :luname.*IDENT 0 (moral equivalent) :security.same :tpn.tpn It has always been the architecture of APPC/LU 6.2 that applications make symbolic references to resource managers. The local system (LU) performs a local lookup. This is just as arca Again, a communications protocol that has been in place for decades. So, the point is that you can EASILY redirect SFS connections. Yes, you have to know how to do it or the book must tell you to do it. Now, the DFSMS situation is a little different since I don't think you can choose the filepool name at install, or easily change it later. The fully-qualified name of the config file should be specifiable in some way. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott
Re: HELP ME VMSES
I might add a quick addition to Mike's good suggestion Service works if you use SERVICE and PUT2PROD if you do service the old fashioned way it does not. service cp status VMFSRV2760I SERVICE processing started VMFSRV1225I CP (5VMCPR20%CP) is at service level RSU-0701 VMFSRV2760I SERVICE processing completed successfully Ready; T=0.19/0.20 08:52:37 vmfsim query vm sysrecs tdata :ppf zvm cp :stat VMFSIP2480I Results for TDATA :PPF ZVM CP :STAT :PPF ZVM CP :STAT RECEIVED.04/15/08.13:16:12.MAINT.RSU-0702 Ready; T=0.01/0.01 08:52:47 vmfsim query vm sysrecs tdata :ppf servp2p cp :stat VMFSIP2480I Results for TDATA :PPF SERVP2P CP :STAT :PPF SERVP2P CP :STAT RECEIVED.06/07/07.15:39:21.MAINT.RSU-0701 Ready; T=0.01/0.01 08:53:01 also the VMFSIM commands tell you when the RSU or PTF was applied Bill Munson VM System Programmer 201-418-7588 President MVMUA http://www2.marist.edu/~mvmua/ Edward M. Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 05/02/2008 02:49 PM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject Re: HELP ME VMSES How is it that every time I need something, the list knows before I ask the question. I did a VMFSETUP ZVM CP Then do a FILEL UM* * * But the SERVICE ALL STATUS is much nicer. Ed Martin 330-588-4723 ext 40441 -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Walter Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 2:20 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: HELP ME VMSES Every so often someone asks the IBMVM list how to find out if a specific PTF has been applied to a z/VM system. More often, I ask myself the same question. There are of course, arcane commands to supply this information - those documented in the dusty leather-bound VMSES/E Introduction and Reference manual but mostly known only to the Wizards of VMSES/E, and their closest friends. The rest of us mere mortals just lurch around until we eventually stumble across the proper mystical incantation. Over time, I've written down some of the suggestions from those generous souls posting to this list, and even some of the things that I've stumbled across. Rather than just repeatedly lose the scribbled notes, I entered a few down into a VMSES HELPME file that is now kept on MAINT's 191 disk (and migrated to new releases). The file looks like (copied/pasted from XEDIT): VMSESHELPME A1 F 80 Trunc=80 Size=17 Line=0 Col=1 Alt=0 * * * Top of File * * * Useful commands to find z/VM service/maintenance information: SERVICE ALL STATUS SERVICE ALL STATUS ptfnumber (e.g. UM#) SERVICE ALL STATUS aparnumber (e.g. VM#) VMFINFO ZVM componentname (SETUP - place a non-blank character to: PTFs/APARs - press ENTER - displayed next (in part): PTF number .. (PF1 to select from list of PTFs) APAR number . (PF1 to select from list of APARs) - place the cursor on the PRT or APAR line and press PF1. Woohoo! * * * End of File * * * It's not *too* hard for me to remember the command HELP ME VMSES (doesn't that have a nice plaintive ring to it?). I've used the same filename HELPME in a few other seldom-used subject areas, where just a quick example is needed. It's been quite helpful, and it's easy to find them all with FILELIST * HELPME *. So I wanted to SHARE the idea with others on the list. Mike (As one ages, one learns to cope in new ways) Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. The information contained in this e-mail and any accompanying documents may contain information that is confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply e-mail and then delete this message, including any attachments. Any dissemination, distribution or other use of the contents of this message by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. All messages sent to and from this e-mail address may be monitored as permitted by applicable law and regulations to ensure compliance with our internal policies and to protect our business. E-mails are not secure and cannot be guaranteed to be error free as they can be intercepted, amended, lost or destroyed, or contain viruses. You are deemed to have accepted these risks if you communicate with us by e-mail. *** IMPORTANT NOTE* The opinions expressed in this message and/or any attachments are those of the author and not necessarily those of Brown Brothers Harriman Co., its subsidiaries and affiliates (BBH). There is no guarantee that
Re: whitehouse email
I heard it was email that brought North down. He thought he had deleted i t but, of course, he couldn't delete it from the backup tapes created by VMBACKUP. After this affair apparently several VMBACKUP customers request ed information on how to selectively delete files from backup tapes.
Re: Software on tape
Another consideration is DB2, if you run DB2 for VM/VSE. We have successfully written log archive files to disk, but for the full archives apparently tape is the only thing it will accept. Product documentation indicates that tape is required for log archives as well, unless running a user-defined archive. Nora Graves [EMAIL PROTECTED] Main IRS, Room 6531 (202) 622-6735 Fax (202) 622-3123 -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of O'Brien, Dennis L Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 6:25 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Software on tape I've been asked whether our z/VM systems could convert to using only virtual tape. One of the possible sticking points is vendor software. If necessary, we could keep a couple of manual tape drives around for software installs. I'm trying to determine if it's necessary. Have IBM or any other software vendors made statements of direction for offering alternatives to delivering software on tape? I know that z/VM itself has been available on DVD for the last 3 releases, and CA's VM:Manager products are downloadable. I see that z/VM and products on SDO are now downloadable, too. What about products not on SDO? Is tape the only choice for those? I tried to register for ShopzSeries to see what was actually downloadable, but was told my customer number doesn't exist. Perhaps customer numbers for Resource Link and ShopzSeries are not the same. Dennis O'Brien A society that gets rid of all its troublemakers goes downhill. -- Robert A. Heinlein
Re: SFS Locked Directory - Fixed!!!
No. I even tried logging on and off in an attempt to clear the lock. Thank you, Scott R Wandschneider Senior Systems Programmer Infocrossing Office 402.963.8905 -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wakser, David Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 8:43 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: SFS Locked Directory - Fixed!!! It makes me wonder - was the SFS backup running when you tried this last night? David Wakser -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wandschneider, Scott Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 9:39 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: SFS Locked Directory - Fixed!!! Thanks to all you contributed. I have successfully enabled the storage group. link maint 193 193 rr Ready; T=0.01/0.01 09:31:39 acc 193 g DMSACP723I G (193) R/O Ready; T=0.01/0.01 09:31:43 set filepool techsrv: query filepool disable Object Type Object ID Disabled Creator ModeLink Status GROUP2 YES SFSBKUP SHARE LINKED Ready; T=0.01/0.01 09:32:45 filepool enable group 2 techsrv: ( for sfsbkup DMSWFP3485I FILEPOOL processing begun at 09:33:08 on 6 May 2008. DMSWFP3486I FILEPOOL processing ended at 09:33:08 on 6 May 2008. Ready; T=0.01/0.01 09:33:08 query filepool disable Object Type Object ID Disabled Creator ModeLink Status FILESPACEPKSBP NO - - - Ready; T=0.01/0.01 09:33:20 Thank you, Scott R Wandschneider Senior Systems Programmer Infocrossing Office 402.963.8905 -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 6:32 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: SFS Locked Directory On Monday, 05/05/2008, Wandschneider, Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Richard. I too have worked with SFS for, well since day one, a long time now. I have never had this situation. I tried all the suggestions, etc in HELP nothing worked. Any ideas? Your output to QUERY FILEPOOL DISABLE showed: Object Type Object ID Disabled Creator ModeLink Status GROUP2 YES SFSBKUP SHARE LINKED Ready; T=0.01/0.01 16:50:35 The user SFSBKUP has disabled storage group (SG) 2, not an individual filespace. I think the contents of all filespaces with space on SG 2 will appear to be locked (because the physical storage is locked). Did SFSBKUP fail? If so, you need to do some recovery actions (consult documentation). This may require manually enabling the storage group. Or you need to satisfy whatever SFSBKUP is waiting on so that it can do whatever and release the locks. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott
Re: whitehouse email
And ... as of this time, to the best of my knowledge, there is STILL no way to selectively delete data from VM:Backup tapes (and... including the VMBACKUP catalog). VM:Archiver gets it right, but not VM:Backup. To circumvent that I created home-grown VMBEXIT6 which prevents general users from being able to see specific files backed up on specific dates, but anyone with access to VM:Backup's 191 disk (sysprogs) could change the exit. This has been a significant problem when foreign government agencies require that their PII data no long reside in the U.S. (following implementation of the Patriot Act). Some time ago I submitted an enhancement request for VM:Backup to provide this capability. To be fair, the design of any backup product SHOULD be to ensure that all requested data is ALWAYS backed up - no matter what. Deleting selected backed up data (e.g. specific backed up files from specific minidisks or SFS directories) would not be something one would normally consider when designing a BACKUP product. But in today's litigious society, there are legal reasons to delete specific files after specific time periods on an ongoing basis. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. Don Vining [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 05/06/2008 08:01 AM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject Re: whitehouse email I heard it was email that brought North down. He thought he had deleted i t but, of course, he couldn't delete it from the backup tapes created by VMBACKUP. After this affair apparently several VMBACKUP customers request ed information on how to selectively delete files from backup tapes. The information contained in this e-mail and any accompanying documents may contain information that is confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply e-mail and then delete this message, including any attachments. Any dissemination, distribution or other use of the contents of this message by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. All messages sent to and from this e-mail address may be monitored as permitted by applicable law and regulations to ensure compliance with our internal policies and to protect our business. E-mails are not secure and cannot be guaranteed to be error free as they can be intercepted, amended, lost or destroyed, or contain viruses. You are deemed to have accepted these risks if you communicate with us by e-mail.
Re: My 45th Anniversary at SRU
WOWthat's quite an achievement, Fran, congratulations! Interesting history of computing at Slippery Rock as well. Fran Hensler wrote: This is cross-posted to VSE-L and IBMVM-L. Today is my 45th anniversary in data processing at Slippery Rock University of PA. On May 6, 1963 I founded the Data Processing Center at the then Slippery Rock State College. The center consisted of one half-time key punch operator and me. My mission was to automate student registration by the fall semester and have class lists in the hands of faculty before the first class meeting. We had an arena style registration for 1996 students in three days. The class lists were produced after working 27 straight hours. We had Series 50 (half speed) IBM punched card tabulating equipment: One 024 keypunch, a 548 interpreter, 082 sorter, 085 collator, 514 reproducing punch and a 402 accounting machine that could print 50 lines per minute. The 402 could only add and subtract. Later we acquired a 604 calculator that could divide and therefore calculate QPA. All of these machines were programmed by wiring plugboards. In 1968 we installed an IBM System/360 Model 30 computer with 32K core memory and 14.5M of 2311 disk storage running DOS/360 Release 17. Now the 7.5 hour job of sorting course cards took 10 minutes! Six model 2260 terminals were purchased in 1972 and I designed an on-line student registration system (using FASTER, a forerunner of CICS) that is still in use today, under the covers, in the RockTalk system whereby students can register via telephone or on the web. For the first on-line registration that fall, all six terminals were setup in the Student Union. It took 3 days to register 5897 students. Students had to punch their programming assignments into cards until 1975 when I implemented IJS (Interactive Job Submission) to allow input and printing via DECwriters at a speed of 110 baud and eventually 300 baud. In 1985 SRU acquired an IBM 4361 computer with 12M main memory. I tailored the VM/SP Operating System Release 3 for student use of WATFIV, WATBOL, Pascal, C, Lisp, SPSS, ADA, Basic, Spitbol and Assist and two years later, Modula-2. The 1990 connection to BITNET brought email and file transfer capabilities with other universities. 1992 saw the acquisition of an IBM 9221-170 computer with 96M of main memory and SRU was finally able to connect to the Internet. Since 2003 VSE and VM are running on an 18-MIPS FLEX-ES system. I have enjoyed being a programmer, systems analyst and most of all a systems programmer. I have been honored by receiving the SRU President's Award for Outstanding Service in 1994 and being inducted into the Order of Knights of VM as Sir Fran of the Rock in 2007. I would like to hear from anyone who has had a career with a single employer running more than 45 years. /Fran Hensler at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1.724.738.2153 Yes, Virginia, there is a Slippery Rock -- DJ V/Soft z/VM and mainframe Linux expertise, training, consulting, and software development www.vsoft-software.com
Re: SFS
Prior to SFS IBM sold something called File Sharinge Facility (FSF). If anyone has complaints about SFS they should have tried FSF at some time in their lives. My memory is vague (we always try to forget pain) but I remember spending about two years trying to get that monster to live nicely. The distribution was all source code that had to be assembled and linked, and patches to CMS and CP (I think) and acquiring HLASM (why do we still have to pay for that anyway?). After about 2 years, several IBM SE's, and more than a few system crashes we were about to give up on the whole idea. Then along came SP6 with SFS built in and it was free... Really it was a blessing. I also agree that 20 years later the interface for filepool creation and maintaince could be better. It would be nice if SFS, Dirmaint and RACF all 'spoke the same language'.. That's my two cents (three hundred and eighty more and you can buy a gallon of gas). -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Alan Altmark Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 7:43 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: SFS On Tuesday, 05/06/2008 at 08:01 EDT, David Boyes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Routing DFSMS to some other filepool that VMSYS is very very easy: If you know how, or why it should be this way. I do, you do -- most people haven't got any idea to even think of trying this. Lying to APPC to work around a hardcoded file reference like this is just ugly. It's not a lie, David. In fact, on other platforms you MUST provide a side file to provide the metadata APPC needs. Because VM implements a cluster of virtual machines as well as a cluster of VM instances (APPC Collection), we can take liberties with default metadata. :nick.tpn :luname.*IDENT 0 (moral equivalent) :security.same :tpn.tpn It has always been the architecture of APPC/LU 6.2 that applications make symbolic references to resource managers. The local system (LU) performs a local lookup. This is just as arca Again, a communications protocol that has been in place for decades. So, the point is that you can EASILY redirect SFS connections. Yes, you have to know how to do it or the book must tell you to do it. Now, the DFSMS situation is a little different since I don't think you can choose the filepool name at install, or easily change it later. The fully-qualified name of the config file should be specifiable in some way. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott
Re: HELP ME VMSES
Thanks for sharing, Bill! VMFSIM with all it's VMSES/E intricacies is exactly the sort of command to which I was referring in There are of course, arcane commands to supply this information I've updated my copy of VMSES HELPME with your examples. Real-life examples are a (to steal from Roger Deschner's style) a **GOOD THING**. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. Bill Munson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 05/06/2008 07:59 AM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject Re: HELP ME VMSES I might add a quick addition to Mike's good suggestion Service works if you use SERVICE and PUT2PROD if you do service the old fashioned way it does not. service cp status VMFSRV2760I SERVICE processing started VMFSRV1225I CP (5VMCPR20%CP) is at service level RSU-0701 VMFSRV2760I SERVICE processing completed successfully Ready; T=0.19/0.20 08:52:37 vmfsim query vm sysrecs tdata :ppf zvm cp :stat VMFSIP2480I Results for TDATA :PPF ZVM CP :STAT :PPF ZVM CP :STAT RECEIVED.04/15/08.13:16:12.MAINT.RSU-0702 Ready; T=0.01/0.01 08:52:47 vmfsim query vm sysrecs tdata :ppf servp2p cp :stat VMFSIP2480I Results for TDATA :PPF SERVP2P CP :STAT :PPF SERVP2P CP :STAT RECEIVED.06/07/07.15:39:21.MAINT.RSU-0701 Ready; T=0.01/0.01 08:53:01 also the VMFSIM commands tell you when the RSU or PTF was applied Bill Munson VM System Programmer 201-418-7588 President MVMUA http://www2.marist.edu/~mvmua/ Edward M. Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 05/02/2008 02:49 PM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject Re: HELP ME VMSES How is it that every time I need something, the list knows before I ask the question. I did a VMFSETUP ZVM CP Then do a FILEL UM* * * But the SERVICE ALL STATUS is much nicer. Ed Martin 330-588-4723 ext 40441 -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Walter Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 2:20 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: HELP ME VMSES Every so often someone asks the IBMVM list how to find out if a specific PTF has been applied to a z/VM system. More often, I ask myself the same question. There are of course, arcane commands to supply this information - those documented in the dusty leather-bound VMSES/E Introduction and Reference manual but mostly known only to the Wizards of VMSES/E, and their closest friends. The rest of us mere mortals just lurch around until we eventually stumble across the proper mystical incantation. Over time, I've written down some of the suggestions from those generous souls posting to this list, and even some of the things that I've stumbled across. Rather than just repeatedly lose the scribbled notes, I entered a few down into a VMSES HELPME file that is now kept on MAINT's 191 disk (and migrated to new releases). The file looks like (copied/pasted from XEDIT): VMSESHELPME A1 F 80 Trunc=80 Size=17 Line=0 Col=1 Alt=0 * * * Top of File * * * Useful commands to find z/VM service/maintenance information: SERVICE ALL STATUS SERVICE ALL STATUS ptfnumber (e.g. UM#) SERVICE ALL STATUS aparnumber (e.g. VM#) VMFINFO ZVM componentname (SETUP - place a non-blank character to: PTFs/APARs - press ENTER - displayed next (in part): PTF number .. (PF1 to select from list of PTFs) APAR number . (PF1 to select from list of APARs) - place the cursor on the PRT or APAR line and press PF1. Woohoo! * * * End of File * * * It's not *too* hard for me to remember the command HELP ME VMSES (doesn't that have a nice plaintive ring to it?). I've used the same filename HELPME in a few other seldom-used subject areas, where just a quick example is needed. It's been quite helpful, and it's easy to find them all with FILELIST * HELPME *. So I wanted to SHARE the idea with others on the list. Mike (As one ages, one learns to cope in new ways) Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. The information contained in this e-mail and any accompanying documents may contain information that is confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply e-mail and then delete this message, including any attachments. Any dissemination, distribution or other use of the contents of this message by anyone
Re: HELP ME VMSES
Mike, I prefer to refer to myself as old fashioned not arcane ;-) munson *** IMPORTANT NOTE* The opinions expressed in this message and/or any attachments are those of the author and not necessarily those of Brown Brothers Harriman Co., its subsidiaries and affiliates (BBH). There is no guarantee that this message is either private or confidential, and it may have been altered by unauthorized sources without your or our knowledge. Nothing in the message is capable or intended to create any legally binding obligations on either party and it is not intended to provide legal advice. BBH accepts no responsibility for loss or damage from its use, including damage from virus.
Re: My 45th Anniversary at SRU
Fran Hensler wrote: I would like to hear from anyone who has had a career with a single employer running more than 45 years. The mind boggles. Longest I ever held a job (embedded programming) was 5 yrs. What are your plans for the next 45 years? -- Jack J. Woehr# Hipsters believe that irony has http://www.well.com/~jax # more resonance than reason. http://www.softwoehr.com # - Robert Lanham
Re: My 45th Anniversary at SRU
On Tue, 6 May 2008 08:33:14 -0600 Jack Woehr said: The mind boggles. Longest I ever held a job (embedded programming) was 5 yrs. What are your plans for the next 45 years? I brought in the first mainframe in 1968 and our current mainframe will be decommissioned in a few years. I plan to got out the door with it. Pennsylvanis is moving all of the state universities to a centralized SAP system. /Fran Hensler at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania USA for 45 years [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1.724.738.2153 Yes, Virginia, there is a Slippery Rock
Re: RSCS question
On Fri, 2 May 2008 16:37:19 -0700, Howard Rifkind [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Brian, would you be good enough to share the code for the process you
mention below?
On Thu, 1 May 2008 15:20:04 -0500, Brian Nielsen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I recently setup an automated process to FTP to z/OS data extracted fro
m
DISKACNT's ACCOUNT files every day. No RSCS or human intervention
required.
Here is a sanitized version of the code and environment in which sanitize
d
parts have been replaced with: {comment about what should be here}
The environment is described first, followed by the code.
---
User directory for service machine:
USER {userid} LBYONLY 16M 128M G
INCLUDE IBMDFLT
MACH ESA
IPL CMS
MDISK 191 3390 {start cyl} 001 {volid} MR
MDISK 192 3390 {start cyl} 020 {volid} MR
LINK DISKACNT 191 291 RR
Service machine requirements and notes:
- all files below must reside on the {userid} 191 MDISK
- the 192 disk will hold all files created by this process
- 20 cyls for the 192 disk will hold about 20 months worth of data (for
this site, ymmv)
z/OS requirements:
- TCP/IP connection with sending side
- pre-allocated PDSE to receive FTP transfers (2 cyls holds about 150
days worth of data for this site, ymmv)
- userid for sending side to use for FTP, with authority to write into
the PDSE
General Process requirements and notes:
- VM accounting records are closed every day just before midnight (by a
scheduling service machine)
- {userid} is XAUTOLOG'd just after midnight (by a scheduling service
machine)
- PDSE members DAYdd contain the accounting data from that day of the
month
- Alternate code in BILL-DAT EXEC can name PDSE members $Ammddyy instea
d
of DAYdd
- The PDSE is self-cleaning if members are named DAYdd, but not if name
d
$Ammddyy
- PDSE member TODAY contains yesterday's accounting data (to be
processed today by a z/OS process at this site)
- The z/OS process must erase the TODAY member when it is done with it
- PDSE member $TODAY will only exist if the z/OS process didn't erase
member TODAY
- If PDSE member REQUESTS exists, it will be retrieved and later rename
d
$Rmmddyy
- The contents of the REQUESTS member is one or more lines of: mmddyy
- The sending side will send accounting data from all dates listed in
REQUESTS
- Any ACCOUNT files on DISKACNT 191 but not on {userid} 192 are
processed sent to z/OS
- An automated process for deleting old DISKACNT 191 files and {userid}
192 files needs to be implemented.
- The EXPIRE EXEC will find files older than a threshold, but currently
does nothing else.
--
PROFILE EXEC:
/* */
'set pf1 filel * * '
'set pf3 q disk'
'set pf12 retrieve'
'set pf24 retrieve forward'
'access 291 z' /* DISKACNT 191 */
'CP LINK TCPMAINT 592 592 RR' /* has FTP command */
'ACCESS 592 U'
/* If connected, prompt user for action */
connected=substr( diag(24, -1), 13, 1 ) 2
IF connected
THEN DO
say 'Press ENTER to run normally, or any input to cancel.'
pull response
IF response'' THEN EXIT 1
END
/* run the billing process */
'EXEC BILLING'
'CP LOGOFF'
BILLING EXEC:
/* This exec ties together the execs that do the sub-functions. */
'COPY FTP REQUESTS A = INPUT D (REP' /* prep the ftp commands file */
'EXEC FTP-PRD1' /* get requests file from zOS */
'EXEC BILL-CHK' /* add unprocessed files to TODO LIST *
/
'EXEC BILL-DO'/* process TODO LIST file */
'EXEC FTP-PRD1' /* send data file to zOS */
FTP REQUESTS (this has been sanitized):
cd '{fully qualified name of z/OS PDSE}'
get requests todo.list.d (replace
quit
FTP-PRD1 EXEC (this has been sanitized to remove an IP address):
/* This exec FTPs data to/from z/OS on PROD1.*/
/* FTP commands are in an input file.*/
/* FTP ouput will be saved to a file, then appended to a log.*/
fm='D'
in_file='FTP INPUT' fm
out_file='FTP OUTPUT' fm
today=DATE('U',,,'') /* get todays date as mmddyy */
ftp_log ='FTP-LOG' today fm
'FILEDEF INPUT DISK' in_file
'FILEDEF OUTPUT DISK' out_file
z_os_ip_addr='{IP address of z/OS system}'
'FTP' z_os_ip_addr
ftp_rc=rc
IF ftp_rc0
THEN say 'FTP rc='ftp_rc
'FILEDEF INPUT CLEAR'
'FILEDEF OUTPUT CLEAR'
'PIPE (ENDCHAR ?)', /* append the ftp output to the log file */
'' out_file,
'| ' ftp_log
--
BILL-CHK EXEC:
/* This exec determines which VM accounting files have not been */
/* processed yet. */
fm_new='Z'/* unprocessed files - DISKACNT 191 *
/
fm_old='D'/* processed files */
todo_fid='TODO LIST' fm_old
yesterday_fid='YESTERDY LIST'
Re: VM TCP/IP Secure Telnet
On Tuesday, 05/06/2008 at 08:27 EDT, Mrohs, Ray [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If your site runs port scans against your z/VM 5.2 SSLSERV, you might get notes from the network people saying you are running an old 2.0 version of SSL. LOL. Actually, you're running a new SSLv3/TLSv1 server that accepts SSLv2 for compatibility. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott
Re: PROP restart of OSA
No, it is not in the current definitions. Can AUTORESTART be added to a device without bouncing the stack? (it is a production system...) Shimon Original message Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 18:20:18 -0400 From: Alan Altmark [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PROP restart of OSA To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU On Monday, 05/05/2008 at 10:32 EDT, Shimon Lebowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, a manual restart does help. I log in through a different connection and do IFCONFIG SGLAN UP That is what I want PROP to do too. I could be mistaken (maybe Mary Ellen or Miguel can jump in here), but I think it worked only because the problem was repaired prior to your ifconfig up. Did you try the AUTORESTART? Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott
Re: My 45th Anniversary at SRU
Congratulations, Fran, on an amazing attainment! Those machines bring back memories. Listening to the 402-50 take an extra cycle between printing lines JUST to slow the machine down so we could charge less for it. The amazing speed of the 604 (and the amazing heat output). The Waterloo suite. Running 2311s under VM/SP as an unsupported device (when converting off of the 360-30). Cheers! Bob Shair Open Systems Consulting Champaign, Illinois
Re: My 45th Anniversary at SRU
Congrats Fran, that's quite a record for being at a single employer. I recently subscribed to this list after being away since the McGill VMSHARE days and I'm surprised at all the familiar names still actively involved with VM. In the 16.5 years since leaving VM/CMS Unlimited, I have been with 5 different companies without quitting my job! In 1991 I went to Blueline Software as a developer working on the Vital Signs/VM product line. Blueline was acquired by Apertus Technologies in 1995. Apertus was acquired by Computer Network Technology in 1997. CNT was acquired by McDATA in 2005. McDATA was acquired by Brocade Communications in 2007. I currently support the Ficon Test labs and work on the Ficon Tape (VTS/VSM) and XRC Distance Extension platforms and Ficon director products for the combined CNT-McDATA-Brocade product lines. It's been a good run. Mike Rydberg Brocade Communications Plymouth, MN [EMAIL PROTECTED] I would like to hear from anyone who has had a career with a single employer running more than 45 years. /Fran Hensler at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1.724.738.2153 Yes, Virginia, there is a Slippery Rock
Re: Reading/Writing To Remote Network File Shares (Samba?)
This web page contains some information to help you get started using the CMS NFS Client. http://www.vm.ibm.com/NFS/nfscz31.html Mary Ellen Carollo z/VM Development
Re: PROP restart of OSA
I think Alan is correct. (Of course, I've been trained to believe that is always the case.) Mary Ellen Carollo z/VM Development
Re: HELP ME VMSES
You would rather be old than mysterious? You can be both, you know. Regards, Richard Schuh -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Munson Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 7:22 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: HELP ME VMSES Mike, I prefer to refer to myself as old fashioned not arcane ;-) munson *** IMPORTANT NOTE* The opinions expressed in this message and/or any attachments are those of the author and not necessarily those of Brown Brothers Harriman Co., its subsidiaries and affiliates (BBH). There is no guarantee that this message is either private or confidential, and it may have been altered by unauthorized sources without your or our knowledge. Nothing in the message is capable or intended to create any legally binding obligations on either party and it is not intended to provide legal advice. BBH accepts no responsibility for loss or damage from its use, including damage from virus. ** **
Re: My 45th Anniversary at SRU
Fran, Congratulations on an almost unheard of accomplishment in this day and age. My own career dates back that far, however, there have been several changes of jobs, some voluntary, others not (I have been drafted, laid off, and outsourced), during that period. The longest I have managed to stay with one employer has been 14.5 years. That tenure was ended by being outsourced. You have been able to achieve something that most of us have not even been able to imagine. Regards, Richard Schuh -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Fran Hensler Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 10:22 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: My 45th Anniversary at SRU This is cross-posted to VSE-L and IBMVM-L. Today is my 45th anniversary in data processing at Slippery Rock University of PA. On May 6, 1963 I founded the Data Processing Center at the then Slippery Rock State College. The center consisted of one half-time key punch operator and me. My mission was to automate student registration by the fall semester and have class lists in the hands of faculty before the first class meeting. We had an arena style registration for 1996 students in three days. The class lists were produced after working 27 straight hours. We had Series 50 (half speed) IBM punched card tabulating equipment: One 024 keypunch, a 548 interpreter, 082 sorter, 085 collator, 514 reproducing punch and a 402 accounting machine that could print 50 lines per minute. The 402 could only add and subtract. Later we acquired a 604 calculator that could divide and therefore calculate QPA. All of these machines were programmed by wiring plugboards. In 1968 we installed an IBM System/360 Model 30 computer with 32K core memory and 14.5M of 2311 disk storage running DOS/360 Release 17. Now the 7.5 hour job of sorting course cards took 10 minutes! Six model 2260 terminals were purchased in 1972 and I designed an on-line student registration system (using FASTER, a forerunner of CICS) that is still in use today, under the covers, in the RockTalk system whereby students can register via telephone or on the web. For the first on-line registration that fall, all six terminals were setup in the Student Union. It took 3 days to register 5897 students. Students had to punch their programming assignments into cards until 1975 when I implemented IJS (Interactive Job Submission) to allow input and printing via DECwriters at a speed of 110 baud and eventually 300 baud. In 1985 SRU acquired an IBM 4361 computer with 12M main memory. I tailored the VM/SP Operating System Release 3 for student use of WATFIV, WATBOL, Pascal, C, Lisp, SPSS, ADA, Basic, Spitbol and Assist and two years later, Modula-2. The 1990 connection to BITNET brought email and file transfer capabilities with other universities. 1992 saw the acquisition of an IBM 9221-170 computer with 96M of main memory and SRU was finally able to connect to the Internet. Since 2003 VSE and VM are running on an 18-MIPS FLEX-ES system. I have enjoyed being a programmer, systems analyst and most of all a systems programmer. I have been honored by receiving the SRU President's Award for Outstanding Service in 1994 and being inducted into the Order of Knights of VM as Sir Fran of the Rock in 2007. I would like to hear from anyone who has had a career with a single employer running more than 45 years. /Fran Hensler at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1.724.738.2153 Yes, Virginia, there is a Slippery Rock
Re: My 45th Anniversary at SRU
Fran--As others have said, that's quite a career, especially with one employer. I started with IBM on Mar. 6, 1967 as a Junior Assistant Probationary Trainee Systems Engineer and after the first 3 month class, worked with S/360 mod 30 customers. In 1970, I installed a mod 40 and the customer ran FASTER. I don't believe it was a forerunner of CICS. CICS, I think, was developed by a public utility company in Ohio and FASTER, I think, by the police department in Kansas City. They were contemporaries, I'm pretty sure. We later switched to CICS and used the FASTER bridge. I wasn't lucky enough to have just one employer, but I have been blessed by being in this racket for over 41 years. Later this summer, I'll retire, at least from full time employment. Congratulations, Jim Fran Hensler wrote: In 1968 we installed an IBM System/360 Model 30 computer with 32K core memory and 14.5M of 2311 disk storage running DOS/360 Release 17. Now the 7.5 hour job of sorting course cards took 10 minutes! Six model 2260 terminals were purchased in 1972 and I designed an on-line student registration system (using FASTER, a forerunner of CICS) that is still in use today, under the covers, in the RockTalk system whereby students can register via telephone or on the web. For the first on-line registration that fall, all six terminals were setup in the Student Union. It took 3 days to register 5897 students. /Fran Hensler at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1.724.738.2153 Yes, Virginia, there is a Slippery Rock -- Jim Bohnsack Cornell University (607) 255-1760 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: My 45th Anniversary at SRU
DITTO :) !!! Psst: I've been with my current employer for around 26 years. -Original Message- Schuh, Richard Wrote: Fran, Congratulations. You have been able to achieve something that most of us have not even been able to imagine. -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Fran Hensler Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 10:22 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: My 45th Anniversary at SRU This is cross-posted to VSE-L and IBMVM-L. Today is my 45th anniversary in data processing at Slippery Rock University of PA. On May 6, 1963 I founded the Data Processing Center at the then Slippery Rock State College. The center consisted of one half-time key punch operator and me. My mission was to automate student registration by the fall semester and have class lists in the hands of faculty before the first class meeting. We had an arena style registration for 1996 students in three days. The class lists were produced after working 27 straight hours. We had Series 50 (half speed) IBM punched card tabulating equipment: One 024 keypunch, a 548 interpreter, 082 sorter, 085 collator, 514 reproducing punch and a 402 accounting machine that could print 50 lines per minute. The 402 could only add and subtract. Later we acquired a 604 calculator that could divide and therefore calculate QPA. All of these machines were programmed by wiring plugboards. In 1968 we installed an IBM System/360 Model 30 computer with 32K core memory and 14.5M of 2311 disk storage running DOS/360 Release 17. Now the 7.5 hour job of sorting course cards took 10 minutes! Six model 2260 terminals were purchased in 1972 and I designed an on-line student registration system (using FASTER, a forerunner of CICS) that is still in use today, under the covers, in the RockTalk system whereby students can register via telephone or on the web. For the first on-line registration that fall, all six terminals were setup in the Student Union. It took 3 days to register 5897 students. Students had to punch their programming assignments into cards until 1975 when I implemented IJS (Interactive Job Submission) to allow input and printing via DECwriters at a speed of 110 baud and eventually 300 baud. In 1985 SRU acquired an IBM 4361 computer with 12M main memory. I tailored the VM/SP Operating System Release 3 for student use of WATFIV, WATBOL, Pascal, C, Lisp, SPSS, ADA, Basic, Spitbol and Assist and two years later, Modula-2. The 1990 connection to BITNET brought email and file transfer capabilities with other universities. 1992 saw the acquisition of an IBM 9221-170 computer with 96M of main memory and SRU was finally able to connect to the Internet. Since 2003 VSE and VM are running on an 18-MIPS FLEX-ES system. I have enjoyed being a programmer, systems analyst and most of all a systems programmer. I have been honored by receiving the SRU President's Award for Outstanding Service in 1994 and being inducted into the Order of Knights of VM as Sir Fran of the Rock in 2007. I would like to hear from anyone who has had a career with a single employer running more than 45 years. /Fran Hensler at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1.724.738.2153 Yes, Virginia, there is a Slippery Rock -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
Re: HELP ME VMSES
cool Bill Munson VM System Programmer 201-418-7588 Schuh, Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 05/06/2008 12:53 PM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject Re: HELP ME VMSES You would rather be old than mysterious? You can be both, you know. Regards, Richard Schuh -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Munson Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 7:22 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: HELP ME VMSES Mike, I prefer to refer to myself as old fashioned not arcane ;-) munson *** IMPORTANT NOTE* The opinions expressed in this message and/or any attachments are those of the author and not necessarily those of Brown Brothers Harriman Co., its subsidiaries and affiliates (BBH). There is no guarantee that this message is either private or confidential, and it may have been altered by unauthorized sources without your or our knowledge. Nothing in the message is capable or intended to create any legally binding obligations on either party and it is not intended to provide legal advice. BBH accepts no responsibility for loss or damage from its use, including damage from virus.
Re: My 45th Anniversary at SRU
Hi Mike - We bought the Blueline Vitals Signs/VM and have kept with it through all the companies that owned it. It is now owned by Diversified Software Services. http://sdsusa.com/index.htm I don't think that there is any ongoing development but we are stuck at z/VM 3.1 because we are on a FLEX-ES box. But it does a nice job for our needs. /Fran Hensler at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania USA for 45 years [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1.724.738.2153 Yes, Virginia, there is a Slippery Rock On Tue, 6 May 2008 09:25:08 -0600 Mike Rydberg said: Congrats Fran, that's quite a record for being at a single employer. I recently subscribed to this list after being away since the McGill VMSHARE days and I'm surprised at all the familiar names still actively involved with VM. In the 16.5 years since leaving VM/CMS Unlimited, I have been with 5 different companies without quitting my job! In 1991 I went to Blueline Software as a developer working on the Vital Signs/VM product line. Blueline was acquired by Apertus Technologies in 1995. Apertus was acquired by Computer Network Technology in 1997. CNT was acquired by McDATA in 2005. McDATA was acquired by Brocade Communications in 2007. I currently support the Ficon Test labs and work on the Ficon Tape (VTS/VSM) and XRC Distance Extension platforms and Ficon director products for the combined CNT-McDATA-Brocade product lines. It's been a good run. Mike Rydberg Brocade Communications Plymouth, MN [EMAIL PROTECTED] I would like to hear from anyone who has had a career with a single employer running more than 45 years. /Fran Hensler at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1.724.738.2153 Yes, Virginia, there is a Slippery Rock
Re: My 45th Anniversary at SRU
Kudos, Fran. Sometimes I have envied colleagues who have moved about and gained many different experiences, but in the end, I am glad to have been with my current employer for just over 37 years now -- especially as I think about what it has done for the value of that pension payment that I hope to be able to collect one of these days. And yes, I can remember wiring the boards for 407 accounting machines and 509 reproducing punches. Those were the days when life was a lot simpler. Terry A. Moore Sir Terry the Weaver -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Fran Hensler Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 10:22 PM Today is my 45th anniversary in data processing at Slippery Rock University of PA. On May 6, 1963 I founded the Data - This message and any attachments are intended for the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not forward, copy, print, use or disclose this communication to others; also please notify the sender by replying to this message, and then delete it from your system. The Timken Company / The Timken Corporation
Re: My 45th Anniversary at SRU
Thank you Richard. My first job was running a check sorter at a small bank in 1962. The bank was absorbed by a larger bank and I lost my job. I was devistated. So I have an idea of what you went through. But in my case it lead to a better career. /Fran Hensler at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania USA for 45 years [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1.724.738.2153 Yes, Virginia, there is a Slippery Rock On Tue, 6 May 2008 10:11:23 -0700 Schuh, Richard said: Fran, Congratulations on an almost unheard of accomplishment in this day and age. My own career dates back that far, however, there have been several changes of jobs, some voluntary, others not (I have been drafted, laid off, and outsourced), during that period. The longest I have managed to stay with one employer has been 14.5 years. That tenure was ended by being outsourced. You have been able to achieve something that most of us have not even been able to imagine. Regards, Richard Schuh
Re: My 45th Anniversary at SRU
You are corrrect John. FASTER was nothing like CICS. Our programmers were having problems learning all of the ins and outs of FASTER coding so I wrote a big macro called GENTX (Generate Transaction) that contained little subroutines for all of the feature of FASTER. When we wrote a transaction we would srtart with GENTX. Then all that was necessary was for the programmer to BAL to the desired FASTER routine. Our on-line student registration system was written FASTER. When we converted to CICS/DOS-Entry I rewrote the GENTX macro with CICS features. Almost every FASTER transcation then ran in CICS with only a recompile needed. /Fran Hensler at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania USA for 45 years [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1.724.738.2153 Yes, Virginia, there is a Slippery Rock On Tue, 6 May 2008 13:27:50 -0400 Jim Bohnsack said: Fran--As others have said, that's quite a career, especially with one employer. I started with IBM on Mar. 6, 1967 as a Junior Assistant Probationary Trainee Systems Engineer and after the first 3 month class, worked with S/360 mod 30 customers. In 1970, I installed a mod 40 and the customer ran FASTER. I don't believe it was a forerunner of CICS. CICS, I think, was developed by a public utility company in Ohio and FASTER, I think, by the police department in Kansas City. They were contemporaries, I'm pretty sure. We later switched to CICS and used the FASTER bridge. I wasn't lucky enough to have just one employer, but I have been blessed by being in this racket for over 41 years. Later this summer, I'll retire, at least from full time employment. Congratulations, Jim
Re: My 45th Anniversary at SRU
My first job was as a part time operator of the 7080 and 7094 at Boeing's Wichita Division in 1983. I guess that I impressed the boss because after 4 months he told me that they were switching me to full time and my first assignment was to attend a 3 week programming class where the 7080 Principles of Operation and 7080 Autocoder (equivalent to today's Assembly Language) were taught. Thus began my programming career, never having touched any of the card equipment, never having wired a plug board. That was the job that was interrupted in 1966 because Uncle Sam really needed me. :-) I was the first married man in the city of Wichita to be drafted during the Viet Nam days. I was 25.5 years old. They had to get me before my 26th birthday or they couldn't touch me. Boeing had requested an occupational deferment, but were refused because, The Army needs people with his skills, too. That is another story. Regards, Richard Schuh -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Fran Hensler Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 11:26 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: My 45th Anniversary at SRU Thank you Richard. My first job was running a check sorter at a small bank in 1962. The bank was absorbed by a larger bank and I lost my job. I was devistated. So I have an idea of what you went through. But in my case it lead to a better career. /Fran Hensler at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania USA for 45 years [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1.724.738.2153 Yes, Virginia, there is a Slippery Rock On Tue, 6 May 2008 10:11:23 -0700 Schuh, Richard said: Fran, Congratulations on an almost unheard of accomplishment in this day and age. My own career dates back that far, however, there have been several changes of jobs, some voluntary, others not (I have been drafted, laid off, and outsourced), during that period. The longest I have managed to stay with one employer has been 14.5 years. That tenure was ended by being outsourced. You have been able to achieve something that most of us have not even been able to imagine. Regards, Richard Schuh
Re: My 45th Anniversary at SRU
Kudos, Fran. Those 403s and 407s were fairly easy to wire but those damnable collating machines were a different story. Moore, Terry A. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 05/06/2008 01:22 PM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject Re: My 45th Anniversary at SRU Kudos, Fran. Sometimes I have envied colleagues who have moved about and gained many different experiences, but in the end, I am glad to have been with my current employer for just over 37 years now -- especially as I think about what it has done for the value of that pension payment that I hope to be able to collect one of these days. And yes, I can remember wiring the boards for 407 accounting machines and 509 reproducing punches. Those were the days when life was a lot simpler. Terry A. Moore Sir Terry the Weaver -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Fran Hensler Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 10:22 PM Today is my 45th anniversary in data processing at Slippery Rock University of PA. On May 6, 1963 I founded the Data - This message and any attachments are intended for the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not forward, copy, print, use or disclose this communication to others; also please notify the sender by replying to this message, and then delete it from your system. The Timken Company / The Timken Corporation - This e-mail and any attachments are intended only for the individual or company to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential and prohibited from disclosure or unauthorized use under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, or copying of this e-mail or the information contained in this e-mail is strictly prohibited by the sender. If you have received this transmission in error, please return the material received to the sender and delete all copies from your system.
VM-VSE Interface
Is there an equivalent to the VM-VSE Interface for z/OS? On VSE I can enter and capture the output to a simple VM command such as * CP Q U VMUTIL. Is there a way to do the same on an MVS system? Thank you, Scott R Wandschneider Senior Systems Programmer Infocrossing, a WIPRO Company 11707 Miracle Hills Dr. Omaha, NE 68154 Office 402.963.8905
Re: VM-VSE Interface
Hi, Scott. If you mean, is there a way for an MVS guest (running under VM) to issue CP commands and get the response back, then the answer is yes. Check out the CPHOST package here: http://www.vm.ibm.com/download/packages/ Wandschneider, Scott wrote: Is there an equivalent to the VM-VSE Interface for z/OS? On VSE I can enter and capture the output to a simple VM command such as * CP Q U VMUTIL. Is there a way to do the same on an MVS system? Thank you, Scott R Wandschneider Senior Systems Programmer Infocrossing, a WIPRO Company 11707 Miracle Hills Dr. Omaha, NE 68154 Office 402.963.8905 -- DJ V/Soft z/VM and mainframe Linux expertise, training, consulting, and software development www.vsoft-software.com
Re: VM-VSE Interface
Dave - That is exactly what I need. I will download and examine. Thank you, Scott R Wandschneider Senior Systems Programmer Infocrossing Office 402.963.8905 -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Jones Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 3:01 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: VM-VSE Interface Hi, Scott. If you mean, is there a way for an MVS guest (running under VM) to issue CP commands and get the response back, then the answer is yes. Check out the CPHOST package here: http://www.vm.ibm.com/download/packages/ Wandschneider, Scott wrote: Is there an equivalent to the VM-VSE Interface for z/OS? On VSE I can enter and capture the output to a simple VM command such as * CP Q U VMUTIL. Is there a way to do the same on an MVS system? Thank you, Scott R Wandschneider Senior Systems Programmer Infocrossing, a WIPRO Company 11707 Miracle Hills Dr. Omaha, NE 68154 Office 402.963.8905 -- DJ V/Soft z/VM and mainframe Linux expertise, training, consulting, and software development www.vsoft-software.com
Re: VM-VSE Interface
Scott, Actually, the CPHOST package is designed to run on a VM guest. You would need the MVS version of such a command. It can be found in http://www.vm.ibm.com/devpages/JELLIOTT/mvscpcmd.html. This is an assemble source that will do the trick for an MVS guest. Regards, Berry. Wandschneider, Scott schreef: Dave - That is exactly what I need. I will download and examine. Thank you, Scott R Wandschneider Senior Systems Programmer Infocrossing Office 402.963.8905 -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Jones Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 3:01 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: VM-VSE Interface Hi, Scott. If you mean, is there a way for an MVS guest (running under VM) to issue CP commands and get the response back, then the answer is yes. Check out the CPHOST package here: http://www.vm.ibm.com/download/packages/ Wandschneider, Scott wrote: Is there an equivalent to the VM-VSE Interface for z/OS? On VSE I can enter and capture the output to a simple VM command such as * CP Q U VMUTIL. Is there a way to do the same on an MVS system? Thank you, Scott R Wandschneider Senior Systems Programmer Infocrossing, a WIPRO Company 11707 Miracle Hills Dr. Omaha, NE 68154 Office 402.963.8905
Re: SFS
Now, the DFSMS situation is a little different since I don't think you can choose the filepool name at install, or easily change it later. The fully-qualified name of the config file should be specifiable in some way. The DFSMS control file must reside in VMSYS:DFSMS. unless you use the trick Dave mentioned to point this directory to a different name. Best Regards, Les Geer IBM z/VM and Linux Development
